Discovery of the Charmers

The Truth

Alex's POV:

I couldn't believe what I was seeing. My dream was true and I was experiencing it right in front of my eyes. Max was here. He was standing right in front of us with his sweet syrupy voice, and it was mesmerizing, to both me and Annie. No. I can't be thinking like that. I'm the one who killed Max. I'm the one who heard his last words. I'm the one who buried him. But, he's here, right in front of me. Something wasn't right though. It wasn't the same Max. He was different, way different. I could feel it. It was on the tip of my tongue. What was it? My dream.... something about it.... but those eyes and that voice..... it's just so charming. Charming.... That's what it was! These people charm their prey before they attack and morph into those Crawlers.

Leaving Max's eye contact, I grabbed Annie's arm and pulled her away. It wasn't easy, she was totally mesmerized. She kept pulling away saying random things like how he was sooooo hot, how she wanted to leave me for him and so on. Annie wasn't her normal over paranoid self, so I knew something was up. Looking into her eyes when we were away far enough so the "Charmers" couldn't hear us I said, "Annie, listen to me. The reason why I was so freaked out and paranoid this morning was because of my dream."

"What do you want!!??" she said struggling against my will, but not succeeding. "You're not going to let me go are you?" I just give her a look, telling her to not push my buttons. Once she quit struggling, I started explaining to her that I had a dream last night about the Crawlers coming back, except they didn't look like Crawlers. I told her that they appear to be humans and charm their prey before they attack. Once they attack, they then morph into a Crawler and you either die and become their meal, or you become one of them. Either way, it's not pleasant. These new people, the "Charmers," are trying to take over the world, except they don't appear to be a monster, they look human. Thus, making it harder for their prey to see, which means it's hard for us to figure out if they are a monster or if they are truly human.

"What??????!!!!! Are you crazy? You just don't want me to like anyone or even have a chance of dating a guy because I'm your sister. Well thanks sis, but I think I can take care of myself on my own. I've been doing that for years. Now leave me alone or I'll do something I might regret later." She just stormed off, probably went to go look for the "Charmer."

I better go tell the guys, just in case something else happens. We need to come up with a plan, because I might not be tough enough to withstand all of the Charmers by myself. I'll need some backup.